Ukraine’s Strike on Iranian Ship Shows How Two Wars Could Spiral
Iran sent military aid to Russia for its war against Ukraine. Now the question is whether that conflict and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran are converging. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Mr. Zelensky has tried to make the case that the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine have some common elements. Alex Kent/The New York Times By Edward Wong Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent based in Washington, reported from Manila, where he covered the visit of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. July 31, 2026, 12:57 p.m. ET Ukraine and Iran, two nations at war with nuclear powers, tiptoed dangerously close to conflict with each other in recent days, when Ukraine struck an Iranian commercial cargo ship in the Caspian Sea. The attack killed an Iranian civilian sailor. Ukraine said the ship was transporting military equipment to Russia. Iran considered retaliating, but diplomats defused the crisis through a phone call. For analysts observing the two...
